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THE BOOK OF<br/>
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PSALM 12
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David decries flattering lips and proud tongues—He says: The words of the Lord are pure words.
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<center><span class='small'>TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN UPON SHEMINITH, A PSALM OF DAVID.</span></center>
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Help,</span><span class='smallcaps'> Lord</span>; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
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They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: <i>with</i> flattering lips <i>and</i> with a <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/12/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="James 1: 8.">double</a> heart do they speak.
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The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> shall cut off all <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/12/3a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Flattery.">flattering</a> lips, <i>and</i> the tongue that speaketh proud things:
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Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips <i>are</i> our own: who <i>is</i> lord over us?
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For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>; I will set <i>him</i> in safety <i>from him that</i> puffeth at him.
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The <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/12/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Sam. 22: 31; Ps. 18: 30.">words</a> of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <i>are</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/12/6b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 19: 8.">pure</a> words: <i>as</i> silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
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Thou shalt keep them, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
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The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
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